"planets"", or ""small planets"", though it took the first four asteroids longer to be grouped as such. To this day, ""minor planet"" remains the official designation for all small bodies in orbit around the Sun, and each new discovery is numbered accordingly in the IAU's Minor Planet Catalogue. The long road from planethood to reconsideration undergone by Ceres is mirrored in the story of Pluto, which was named a planet soon after its discovery by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. Uranus and Neptune had been declared planets based on their circular orbits, large masses and proximity to the ecliptic plane. None"
"after characters created by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. The name Oberon was derived from Oberon, the King of the Fairies in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by Herschel's son John in 1852, at the request of William Lassell, who had discovered the other two moons, Ariel and Umbriel, the year before. The adjectival form of the name is ""Oberonian,"" . Oberon was initially referred to as ""the second satellite of Uranus"", and in 1848 was given the designation ' by William Lassell, although he sometimes used William Herschel's"
"Rosalind (moon) Rosalind ( ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ""Voyager 2"" on 13 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 4. It was named after the daughter of the banished Duke in William Shakespeare's play ""As You Like It"". It is also designated Uranus XIII. Rosalind belongs to Portia group of satellites, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Portia, Juliet, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita. These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties. Other than its orbit, radius of 36 km and geometric albedo of 0.08 virtually nothing"
"Juliet (moon) Juliet ( , ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ""Voyager 2"" on 3 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 2. It is named after the heroine of William Shakespeare's play ""Romeo and Juliet"". It is also designated Uranus XI. Juliet belongs to Portia Group of satellites, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita. These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties. Unfortunately, other than its orbit, radius of 53 km and geometric albedo of 0.08 virtually nothing is known about"
"Earth's natural satellite is simply known as the Moon, or the equivalent in the language being spoken (for instance, two astronomers speaking French would call it ""la Lune""). It is sometimes called ""Luna"" (which is simply Latin for ""moon""), in science fiction. Natural satellites of other planets are generally named after mythological figures. Satellites of Uranus are named after characters from works by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. When natural satellites are first discovered, they are given provisional designations such as ""S/2010 J 2"" (the 2nd new satellite of Jupiter discovered in 2010) or ""S/2003 S 1"" (the 1st new"
"Cressida (moon) Cressida ( , ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ""Voyager 2"" on 9 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 3. It was named after Cressida, the Trojan daughter of Calchas, a tragic heroine who appears in William Shakespeare's play ""Troilus and Cressida"" (as well as in tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and others). It is also designated Uranus IX. Cressida belongs to the Portia Group of satellites, which includes Bianca, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita. These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties."
"and ""The Rape of the Lock"" (although at present only Ariel, Umbriel, and Belinda have names drawn from the latter; all the rest are from Shakespeare). At first, the outermost moons were all named after characters from one play, ""The Tempest""; but with Margaret being named from ""Much Ado About Nothing"" that trend has ended. Some asteroids share names with moons of Uranus: 171 Ophelia, 218 Bianca, 593 Titania, 666 Desdemona, 763 Cupido, and 2758 Cordelia. The Uranian satellite system is the least massive among those of the giant planets. Indeed, the combined mass of the five major satellites is"
"Margaret (moon) Margaret ( ) is the only prograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Scott S. Sheppard, et al. in 2003 and given the provisional designation S/2003 U 3. Confirmed as Uranus XXIII, it was named after the servant of Hero in William Shakespeare's play ""Much Ado About Nothing"". Margaret stands out as the only prograde irregular satellite of Uranus. The diagram illustrates the orbital parameters of Margaret, unique among the irregular satellites of Uranus, with inclination on the vertical axis and the eccentricity of the orbits represented by the segments extending from the pericentre to the"
"Tempest"", because the four previously discovered moons of Uranus, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon, had all been named after characters of Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. However, the previous moons had been named specifically after fairies, whereas Miranda was a human. Subsequently, discovered satellites of Uranus were named after characters from Shakespeare and Pope, whether fairies or not. The moon is also designated Uranus V. Of Uranus's five round satellites, Miranda orbits closest to it, at roughly 129,000 km from the surface; about a quarter again as far as its most distant ring. Its orbital period is 34 hours, and, like"
"another Uranian satellite, Ariel, was discovered by William Lassell on October 24, 1851. Although William Herschel, the discoverer of Titania and Oberon, claimed at the end of the 18th century that he had observed four additional moons of Uranus, his observations were not confirmed and those four objects are now thought to be spurious. All of Uranus's moons are named after characters created by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by John Herschel in 1852 at the request of Lassell. Umbriel is the ""dusky melancholy sprite"" in Alexander Pope's"
"Unlike Mab and Perdita, Uranian satellites also discovered in 2003, it does not seem to be perturbed. Following its discovery, Cupid was given the temporary designation S/2003 U 2. It is also designated Uranus XXVII. It should not be confused with the asteroid 763 Cupido. Cupid (moon) Cupid ( ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Mark R. Showalter and Jack J. Lissauer in 2003 using the Hubble Space Telescope. It was named after a character in William Shakespeare's play ""Timon of Athens"". It is the smallest of inner Uranian satellites, crudely estimated to be only"
"Solar System bodies. Some studies estimate that up to 15% of all trans-Neptunian objects could have satellites. The following is a comparative table classifying the natural satellites in the Solar System by diameter. The column on the right includes some notable planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, and trans-Neptunian objects for comparison. The natural satellites of the planets are named after mythological figures. These are predominantly Greek, except for the Uranian natural satellites, which are named after Shakespearean characters. The nineteen bodies massive enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium are in bold in the table below. Minor planets and satellites suspected but"
"Uranus. Now designated Uranus XXIV, Ferdinand is named after the son of the King of Naples in William Shakespeare's play ""The Tempest"". The second new object observed by Sheppard et al. in 2003 was also a new moon of Uranus, now named Margaret. Ferdinand is the most distant known satellite of Uranus. It follows a retrograde, modestly inclined but highly eccentric orbit. The diagram illustrates the orbital parameters of the retrograde irregular satellites of Uranus (in polar co-ordinates) with the eccentricity of the orbits represented by the segments extending from the pericentre to the apocentre. Ferdinand (moon) Ferdinand is the"
"of any moon in the Solar System, though Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater. Margaret (moon) Margaret ( ) is the only prograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Scott S. Sheppard, et al. in 2003 and given the provisional designation S/2003 U 3. Confirmed as Uranus XXIII, it was named after the servant of Hero in William Shakespeare's play ""Much Ado About Nothing"". Margaret stands out as the only prograde irregular satellite of Uranus. The diagram illustrates the orbital parameters of Margaret, unique among the irregular satellites of Uranus, with inclination on the vertical axis and the eccentricity"
"is known about Rosalind. In the Voyager 2 images Rosalind appears as an almost spherical object. The ratio of axes of Rosalind's prolate spheroid is 0.8-1.0. Its surface is grey in color. Rosalind is very close to a 3:5 orbital resonance with Cordelia. Explanatory notes Citations Rosalind (moon) Rosalind ( ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ""Voyager 2"" on 13 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 4. It was named after the daughter of the banished Duke in William Shakespeare's play ""As You Like It"". It is"
"Cupid (moon) Cupid ( ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Mark R. Showalter and Jack J. Lissauer in 2003 using the Hubble Space Telescope. It was named after a character in William Shakespeare's play ""Timon of Athens"". It is the smallest of inner Uranian satellites, crudely estimated to be only about 18 km in diameter. This and the dark surface made it too dim to be detected by the ""Voyager 2"" cameras during its Uranus flyby in 1986. The orbit of Cupid differs only by 863 km from the orbit of the larger moon Belinda."
"Desdemona (moon) Desdemona ( ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ""Voyager 2"" on 13 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 6. Desdemona is named after the wife of Othello in William Shakespeare's play ""Othello"". It is also designated Uranus X. Desdemona belongs to Portia Group of satellites, which also includes Bianca, Cressida, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita. These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties. Other than its orbit, radius of 32 km and geometric albedo of 0.08 virtually nothing is known about Desdemona. At"
"Bianca (moon) Bianca ( ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ""Voyager 2"" on January 23, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 9. It was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play ""The Taming of the Shrew"". It is also designated Uranus VIII. Bianca belongs to Portia Group of satellites, which also includes Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita. These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties. Other than its orbit, radius of 27 km, and geometric albedo of 0.08 virtually nothing is known"
"critical point. Recent simulations of planetary migration have suggested that both ice giants formed closer to the Sun than their present positions, and moved outwards after formation (the Nice model). Uranus has 27 known natural satellites. The names of these satellites are chosen from characters in the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. The five main satellites are Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. The Uranian satellite system is the least massive among those of the giant planets; the combined mass of the five major satellites would be less than half that of Triton (largest moon of Neptune) alone. The"
"Planitia. Shakespeare (crater) Shakespeare is a 370 km diameter impact basin in the Shakespeare quadrangle of Mercury, which is named after this crater. It is located at 49.7°N, 150.9°W and is named after playwright William Shakespeare. Touching the southwest rim is the smaller Van Eyck (or as van Eyck) crater. In the west rim of Shakespeare is Zeehaen Rupes which has a small ditchlike hollow. Nearby prominent craters include Strindberg crater to the ENE, Akutagawa to the east, the smaller Mansur to the west and almost to the north is Janáček. Also north is Suisei Planitia and further southeast is"
"numerals, and since then Titania has been designated '. Shakespeare's character's name is pronounced , but the moon is often pronounced , by analogy with the familiar chemical element titanium. The adjectival form, ""Titanian"", is homonymous with that of Saturn's moon Titan. The name ""Titania"" is ancient Greek in origin, meaning ""Daughter of the Titans"". Titania orbits Uranus at the distance of about , being the second farthest from the planet among its five major moons. Titania's orbit has a small eccentricity and is inclined very little relative to the equator of Uranus. Its orbital period is around 8.7 days,"
"Portia (moon) Portia ( ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ""Voyager 2"" on 3 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 1. The moon is named after Portia, the heroine of William Shakespeare's play ""The Merchant of Venice"". It is also designated Uranus XII. Portia is the second-largest inner satellite of Uranus after Puck. The Portian orbit, which lies inside Uranus' synchronous orbital radius, is slowly decaying due to tidal deceleration. The moon will one day either break up into a planetary ring or hit Uranus. It heads"
"Portia. Explanatory notes Citations Portia (moon) Portia ( ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ""Voyager 2"" on 3 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 1. The moon is named after Portia, the heroine of William Shakespeare's play ""The Merchant of Venice"". It is also designated Uranus XII. Portia is the second-largest inner satellite of Uranus after Puck. The Portian orbit, which lies inside Uranus' synchronous orbital radius, is slowly decaying due to tidal deceleration. The moon will one day either break up into a planetary ring or"
"Juliet. At the Voyager 2 images Juliet appears as an elongated object, the major axis pointing towards Uranus. The ratio of axes of Juliet's prolate spheroid is 0.5 ± 0.3, which is rather an extreme value. Its surface is grey in color. Juliet may collide with Desdemona within the next 100 million years. Explanatory notes Citations Juliet (moon) Juliet ( , ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ""Voyager 2"" on 3 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 2. It is named after the heroine of William Shakespeare's"
"in 1999, it was given the temporary designation of S/1986 U 10. It was named Perdita (Latin for 'lost') after the daughter of Leontes and Hermione in William Shakespeare's play ""The Winter's Tale"". The moon is also designated Uranus XXV. The moon orbits between Belinda and Puck. The above-mentioned Hubble measurements prove that Perdita does not follow a direct Keplerian motion around Uranus. Instead, it is clearly caught in a 43:44 orbital resonance with the nearby moon Belinda. It is also close to an 8:7 resonance with Rosalind. Perdita belongs to the Portia group of satellites, which also includes Bianca,"
"for which the mass has been directly measured. Cressida may collide with Desdemona within the next 100 million years. Explanatory notes Citations Cressida (moon) Cressida ( , ) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by ""Voyager 2"" on 9 January 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 3. It was named after Cressida, the Trojan daughter of Calchas, a tragic heroine who appears in William Shakespeare's play ""Troilus and Cressida"" (as well as in tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and others). It is also designated Uranus IX. Cressida belongs to the Portia"
"Prospero (moon) Prospero ( ) is a relatively small retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus discovered on 18 July 1999 by the astrophysicist Matthew Holman and his team, and given the provisional designation S/1999 U 3. Confirmed as Uranus XVIII it was named after the sorcerer Prospero in William Shakespeare's play ""The Tempest"". The orbital parameters suggest that it may belong to the same dynamic cluster as Sycorax and Setebos, suggesting common origin. However, this suggestion does not appear to be supported by the observed colours. The satellite appears neutral (grey) in visible light (colour indices B-V=0.80, R-V=0.39), similar to Setebos"
"press. In 2017, as part of its Planetary Science Decadal Survey, NASA evaluated the possibility of an orbiter to return to Uranus some time in the 2020s. Uranus was the preferred destination over Neptune due to favourable planetary alignments meaning shorter flight times. Miranda (moon) Miranda, also designated Uranus V, is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory, and named after Miranda from William Shakespeare's play ""The Tempest"". Like the other large moons of Uranus, Miranda orbits close to its planet's equatorial plane. Because Uranus"
"Setebos (moon) Setebos ( ) is one of the outermost retrograde irregular satellites of Uranus. It was discovered on 18 July 1999 by John J. Kavelaars ""et al."" and provisionally designated S/1999 U 1. Confirmed as Uranus XIX, it is named after the god worshipped by Caliban and Sycorax in William Shakespeare's play ""The Tempest"". The orbital parameters suggest that it may belong to the same dynamic cluster as Sycorax and Prospero, suggesting common origin. However, this suggestion does not appear to be supported by the observed colours. The satellite appears neutral (grey) in visible light (colour indices B-V=0.77, R-V=0.35),"
"sky, where ""'midst the stars [it] inscribes Belinda's name"", contributed to the eventual naming of three of the moons of Uranus after characters from ""The Rape of the Lock"": Umbriel, Ariel, and Belinda. The first two are major bodies and were named in 1852 by John Herschel, a year after their discovery. The inner satellite Belinda was not discovered until 1986 and is the only other of the planet's 27 moons taken from Pope's poem rather than Shakespeare's works. Modern adaptations of ""The Rape of the Lock"" include Deborah Mason's opera-ballet, on which the composer worked since 2002. It had"
"to place a satellite into orbit by means of an indigenously developed carrier rocket. The satellite, also known as X-3, was named Prospero after the character Prospero in Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"". The name was chosen as a reference to events in the play, in which Prospero, a sorcerer, gives up his powers. Prior to the cancellation of the Black Arrow programme, the satellite was to be named after Puck from ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". All four launches were conducted from Launch Area 5B at the Woomera Prohibited Area in Australia, which had previously been used as a test site for"
"by William Lassell on 24 October 1851. Although William Herschel, who discovered Uranus's two largest moons Titania and Oberon in 1787, claimed to have observed four additional moons, this was never confirmed and those four objects are now thought to be spurious. All of Uranus's moons are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope's ""The Rape of the Lock"". The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by John Herschel in 1852 at the request of Lassell. Ariel is named after the leading sylph in ""The Rape of the Lock"". It"
"Shakespeare (crater) Shakespeare is a 370 km diameter impact basin in the Shakespeare quadrangle of Mercury, which is named after this crater. It is located at 49.7°N, 150.9°W and is named after playwright William Shakespeare. Touching the southwest rim is the smaller Van Eyck (or as van Eyck) crater. In the west rim of Shakespeare is Zeehaen Rupes which has a small ditchlike hollow. Nearby prominent craters include Strindberg crater to the ENE, Akutagawa to the east, the smaller Mansur to the west and almost to the north is Janáček. Also north is Suisei Planitia and further southeast is Sobkou"